Thursday, October 25, 2018

Release Blitz & Review: The Changeup by Mary Billiter


 Title: The Changeup
Author: Mary Billiter
Genre: Romantic Mystery
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Series: Resort Romances #6 (Complete stand-alone series)
Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing
Cover Designer: Claire Smith
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A hot deputy, a woman in hiding, and a murder that changes it all. True love and the truth are often at odds in Mary Billiter’s latest installment in her resort romance series. 

The Feds changed her name, occupation, and location, but Cupid and crime still found her. Both Witness Protection and her position as a hotel conference services manager require Rebel Roberts to maintain a low profile. But when she finds herself at the center of high crime and high romance at the high-rise Point Resort in Long Beach, even the best-laid plans are subject to change.

Former college baseball pitcher Ryan McHenry plans on becoming a deputy sheriff like his late uncle. But when Rebel literally stumbles on a dead body by her hotel, helping her change the narrative may throw a curve in his career plans.

Can Rebel and Ryan find true love and happiness with so many lies between them?
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Mary Billiter is a new author to me and although book 6 in the series, I had no issues reading this as a stand alone.

What's not to love about a hot deputy and a woman who is in the Witness Protection program? The premise intrigued me and I was interested to see how the story panned out. This was more of a suspense than romance read,but the plot was good although a tad predictable.

When Rebel Roberts accidentally stumbles upon a murdered man, complications arise. As she is in Witness Protection program the last things she can afford is to be involved in any publicity, least of all discovering a body.

Ryan McHenry is training to be a deputy sheriff and works part time delivering office supplies to one of his many customers which includes the resort.
  
Thanks to a few coincidences, Ryan is with Rebel when they stumble upon the body and against his better judgement he decides to help her. Ryan and Rebel are attracted to one another and their chemistry is intense. I liked both Ryan and Rebel and the supporting secondary characters were also easy to relate too.

I felt that the story was a little rushed, particularly the ending and would have liked if there had been more development.I also felt that there was a bit of a conflict between the suspense versus the romance components of the story as there seemed to be at odds with each other.


All in all I enjoyed the story and the writing was good.




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Mary Billiter is a weekly newspaper columnist and fiction author. She also has novels published under the pen name, “Pumpkin Spice.”

Mary resides in the Cowboy State with her unabashedly bald husband, her four amazing children, two fantastic step-kids, and their runaway dog. She does her best writing (in her head) on her daily runs in wild, romantic, beautiful Wyoming.

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